Instrument Rating – Airplane › VII. Emergency Operations › Task C. Instrument Approach and Landing with an Inoperative Engine (Simulated) (AMEL, AMES)

IR.VII.C.S7

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Maintain altitude ±100 feet or minimum sink rate if applicable, airspeed ±10 knots, and selected heading ±10°.

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Instrument Flying Handbook p. 7-5
Chapter 7, Section I: Airplane Basic Flight Maneuvers › Straight-and-Level Flight › Vertical Speed Indicator (VSI)
Pitch correction, less than 100 feet—one-half bar low to correct altitude error. When using the VSI as a rate instrument and combining it with the altimeter and attitude indicator to maintain level flight, a pilot should know that ... altitude governs the rate that should be used to return to that altitude. A rule of thumb is to make an attitude change that results in a vertical-speed rate approximately double the error in altitude. For example, if altitude…
Instrument Flying Handbook p. 7-60
Chapter 7, Section II: Airplane Basic Flight Maneuvers › Instrument Takeoff
airspeed is changing. The desired performance is to be climbing at a constant airspeed and vertical speed rate. Use the ASI as the primary instrument for the pitch indication. Once the aircraft has reached a safe altitude (approximately 100 feet ... order to maintain the desired pitch attitude. Smoothly increase the aft control pressure to compensate for the change in configuration. Anticipate the changes and increase the rate of cross-check. The airspeed tape and altitude tape increases while…
Airplane Flying Handbook p. 13-10
Chapter 13: Transition to Multiengine Airplanes › Performance and Limitations
half feet per 100 feet of horizontal travel. Climb gradient may also be expressed as a function of altitude gain per nautical mile (NM), or as a ratio of the horizontal distance to the vertical distance (10:1, for example ... Climb gradient. ⦁ The all-engine service ceiling of multiengine airplanes is the highest altitude at which the airplane can maintain a steady rate of climb of 100 fpm with both engines operating. The airplane has reached its absolute ceiling when…
Instrument Flying Handbook p. 7-29
Chapter 7, Section I: Airplane Basic Flight Maneuvers › Unusual Attitudes and Recoveries › Common Errors in Unusual Attitudes
stable rate of climb appropriate to the airplane). When the altimeter shows a safe altitude (approximately 100 feet), raise the landing gear and flaps, maintaining attitude by referencing the attitude indicator. Because of control pressure changes during gear and flap…
Airplane Flying Handbook p. 3-21
Chapter 3: Basic Flight Maneuvers › Glides
maneuver in which the airplane loses altitude in a controlled descent with little or no engine power. Forward motion is maintained by gravity pulling the airplane along an inclined path, and the descent rate is controlled by the pilot balancing ... descent using a 1,000 feet per minute descent rate, the pilot should use 10 percent (100 feet in this example) as the distance above the desired level-off altitude to begin raising the nose and adding power…
Instrument Flying Handbook p. 6-6
Chapter 6, Section I: Airplane Attitude Instrument Flying › Learning Methods › Pitch Control
100 feet off the desired altitude, a 200 fpm rate of correction would be used. During climbs or descents, the VSI is used to change the altitude at a desired rate. Pitch attitude and power adjustments are made to maintain…